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solderpunk solderpunk at SDF.ORG
Mon Jun 15 08:35:12 BST 2020
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Sorry, my reply to this last night went straight to Luke, not the wholelist. Here it is again:
On Sun, Jun 14, 2020 at 09:54:12PM +0100, Luke Emmet wrote:
This is quite a harsh perspective IMO - in the developing world there are
many people who can only afford to access the internet via a phone. Whilst
we might not build specifically for phone users, the light weight nature of
Gemini does make it a potential vehicle to be used for many more people than
we may imagine.
Fair point: not everybody without a keyboard is without one by choice.I guess I just can't personally conceive of ever *wanting* to routinelywrite hundreds of words on a touchscreen phone. Especially not withURLs and syntax like =
thrown in. No matter how effortless the uploadprocess, the actual writing would be unbearable.
Now, *reading* content is a very different story, and not what I wastalking about with my comment about not targetting "crippled devices".For users accessing the internet on phones with low memory/CPU resourceson slow and/or expensive networks, I think Gemini could be an extremelyappealing choice.
Cheers,Solderpunk